Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A white tasteless solid body, insoluble in water, formed when chloral is kept for some time in contact with strong sulphuric acid. It is a polymerid of chloral. It seems to resemble chloral hydrate in its pharmacodynamic properties.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A white,
amorphous ,insoluble substance regarded as apolymeric variety ofchloral .
Etymologies
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meta- + chloral
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